Modern/postmodern: Off the Beaten Path of Antimodernism

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Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997 - Philosophy - 222 pages
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In this book Eric Kramer introduces his theory of dimensional accrual/dissociation to explain the difference between modernity and postmodernity. He also argues that social scientific operational definitions are useful but very often arbitrary. Thus, realities based on them are available for creative (alternative) validities. Kramer then concentrates on the concepts of modernity and postmodernity to analyze how they have been defined and structured and, in the end, he offers clear definitions of these concepts and a better understanding of the work of those who have shaped these ideas. Kramer applies this position to the concepts of modernity and postmodernity, providing a painstaking review of the origins, key thinkers, and current status of these ideas.

By reviewing the development of these ideas and providing clear definitions of these concepts, Kramer helps scholars and researchers in the social sciences and humanities better understand applications and limitations of these key approaches in late twentieth-century scholarship.

 

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Contents

Getting Out of Line
33
Comparative Validities Styles of Expression
49
The Ancient Birth of Modernity
75
Modernity
93
Aperspectivol Postmodernity
129
InEvitobilities
153
Integrum
173
References
193
Nome Index
205
Subject Index
213
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About the author (1997)

ERIC MARK KRAMER is Assistant Professor of Communications at the University of Oklahoma. Among his earlier publications are Consciousness and Culture: An Introduction to the Thought of Jean Grebser (Greenwood, 1992) and Postmodernism and Race, forthcoming from Praeger.

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TitleModern/postmodern: Off the Beaten Path of Antimodernism
Music Reference Collection; 58
AuthorEric Mark Kramer
Editionillustrated
PublisherGreenwood Publishing Group, 1997
ISBN0275957586, 9780275957582
Length222 pages
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